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From the desk of James Reel on Tuesday, January 24th 2006 at 7:15

THE INNER LIFE OF MUSICIANS

    At her blog Twang Twang Twang, British harpist Helen Radice tells the cold truth about the supposedly glamorous life of a professional musician, and explains why musicians are such grumblers:

Many people, not just musicians, don't like work. That's why it's called 'work', as opposed to 'play', 'fun' or 'holiday in the sun'. But musicians, or artists generally, are dreamers. I want to work on Bach's partitas, but today I have to teach 15 ten-year-olds the recorder 6 times over, and I'm an artist, goddamit. Before you know it  you are not practicing, and drinking too much (not me, of course, although today I've not practiced because I taught for six hours and then went to the pub).
    So why go through with the career at all? Find out here.

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